A young man from a small townWith a very large imaginationLay alone is his room with his radio onLooking for another stationWhen the static from the MouthpieceGave way to the sound belowJames Dean went out to HollywoodAnd put his picture is a picture show

And it's Oh Daddy get off of your kneesMama why'd you have to goYour Darlin' Jim is out on a limbI put my picture in a picture showPut my picture in a picture show

Hamburgers CheeseburgerWilbur and Orville WrightJohn Garfield is the afternoonMontgomery Clift at nightWhen the static from the mouthpieceGave way to the sound belowJames Dean went out to HollywoodAnd put his picture in a picture show

A Mocca Man in a wigwamSitting on a reservationWith a big black holeIn the belly of his soulWaiting on an explanationWhile the white manSits on his fat canAnd takes pictures of the NavajoEvery time he clicksHis Kodak picsHe steals a little bit of soul